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Saturday, May 12, 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 12TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Hilbre
Eider,25 Gannet and 2 Wheatear.


Red Rocks
Garden Warbler,4 Redpoll and 25+ Swallow.


Wallasey Shore
Marsh Harrier flying west and a Arctic Tern.


Leasowe Lighthouse
Garden Warbler,Grasshopper Warbler,Lesser Whitethroat,c15 Sedge Warbler,Whinchat and 4 Wheatear - 


Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff-100 yards south of Benty Farm.

Burton RSPB
Avocet x10 Chicks Main Scrape
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap Marsh Covert Wood
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Common Tern x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Great Crested Grebe x2 Bridge Pool
Little Grebe Bridge Pool
Sedge Warbler By Bridge Screen
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Great Egret Burton Marsh From Point
Mediterranean Gull`s Wet Grassland Behind Scrape
Garganey Main Scrape
Sandwich Tern x2 Main Scrape
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland Left Main Scrape


CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
3 Garganey-On the River Weaver and 2 Great White egret-Frodsham score.

Friday, May 11, 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 11TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Cetti`s Warbler Along Path IMF
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk By 2 Gate`s
Common Tern x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Cattle Egret Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Ruff x4 (Reeves) Main Scrape
Avocet x87 Main Scrape
Sedge Warbler By Bunker
Swifts Over Reserve
Swallows Over Reserve
House Martins Over Reserve
Little Ringed Plover Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

Heswall Shore
Eider(Male),2 male Red-breasted Merganser,139 Grey Plover,35 Ringed Plover,2000 Dunlin,19 Knot,10 Whimbrel and 112 Curlew.


West Kirby
96 Black-tailed Godwit-Caldy Wildfowl Collection off Column Road.

Thursday, May 10, 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 10TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Red Rocks
20+ Manx Shearwater with lots of Gannets, also 50+ Sandwich Tern.


Hoylake
7 Manx Shearwater,120 Gannet,100+ Sandwich Tern,30 Common Tern,200 Sanderling,250 Knot and 150 Dunlin.


West Kirby
50+ Swift over town centre in 30 mins this morning.

Hoylake
Cuckoo.


Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff-100 yards south of Benty Farm.


Decca Pools
2 Great Egret.

Burton RSPB
Spoonbill Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Wheatear Wet Grassland Right Main Scrape
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Common Tern x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Great Crested Grebe x2 Bridge Screen Pool
Swifts Over Bridge Screen Pool
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Mediterranean Gull x2 Wet Grassland Behind Scrape
Garganey As Above
Cattle Egret Marsh Covert Wood
Ring-Necked Duck Bridge Screen Pool


CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park
Black Redstart-Dairy house meadows-Showed for a few minutes but not refound.

Sandbach Flashes
Red Kite-Over Elton Hall Flash.

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 9TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL

Neston Old Quay

Cuckoo early morning, also 2 Great Egret.


Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff-100 yards south of Benty Farm.

Hilbre

28 Manx Shearwater,130+ Gannet,430+ Sandwich Tern,6 Little Tern,2 Razorbill,2 Eider,5 Whimbrel,95 Grey Plover and 81 Guillemot.

Leasowe Lighthouse

Cuckoo.


Burton RSPB

Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Whitethroat By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Peregrine Flew Over Copse To IMF
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Swift x15+ Over IMF
Sedge Warbler Far End Boardwalk
Common Tern x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Cattle Egret Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Mistle Thrush Field Right Of House
Mediterranean Gull`s Wet Grassland Behind Main Scrape
Avocet x97 Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plover x2 Main Scrape
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland Left Main Scrape

Spotted Redshank
Great White Egret

CHESHIRE

Woolston Eyes
Garganey-Drake still from South screen.

Sandbach Flashes

Common Tern-Watch Lane flash.


Tuesday, May 08, 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 8TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
White Wagtail Wet Grassland Right Of Scrape
Avocet X3 Chicks Main Scrape
Tawny Owl (Young) Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Cetti`s Warbler Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Whitethroat Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Common Tern x2 Main Scrape
Ringed Plover x2 Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Wet Grassland Behind Scrape
Cattle Egret Marsh Covert Wood

Great White Egret
Sandwich Tern 25+
Common Sandpiper

Thurstaston

Cuckoo calling by Dungeon bridge,Wirral Way.

Heswall Shore

Red Kite drifted South at 07:40,570 Oystercatcher,280 Grey Plover,200 Ringed Plover,300 Knot,Cuckoo,1000 Dunlin,16 Black-tailed Godwit and 9 Whimbrel.


Red Rocks
2 Cuckoo (m+f) and Tree Pipit and 10 Wheatear and 50+ Gannet feeding off shore.


Hilbre
2 Wheatear,183 Gannet,14 Manx Shearwater,3 Little tern,2 immature drake Eider and 7 Whimbrel.


Hilbre College
Red Kite over at 1040am.

Thurstaston Hill

Iberian Chiffchaff -100 yards south of Benty Farm.

CHESHIRE

Moore Nature Reserve
Wood Warbler-singing male still on north side of Eastern Reedbed and 50m down steps along old canal.

Woolston Eyes

Garganey-Drake from South Screen.

Pickerings Pasture

Western Osprey-One flew northwest across Mersey Estuary.

Sandbach Flashes

Glossy Ibis-Found roosting in tree by Railway Flash at first light then flew towards Elton Hall Flash but no further sign by 9.55am.


BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF RARE BIRDS THIS WEEK IN BRITAIN-2ND-8TH MAY 2018

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